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GPanswers.com: Group Policy-ology
Time out! Let's take a break, and get on the same page.
I have a friend who says something special happens
when we all have the same "group experience",
use the same vocabulary, or learn things in a similar way.
He calls it the "human broadband connection."
I love that, because you can really see how when people are
speaking the same vocabulary how much more productive they can be as a team.
And, since you're all on my team, let's take some time to work on some vocabulary.
PS: These are just my definitions. If you see official "Microsoft Stuff" out there, and you have to take a test or something, then, by all means, you should use that. :-) So, without further ado, let's talk vocab:
() Group Policy: The mechanism in Active Directory which allows administrators to perform
change and configuration management and policy-based management.
() Group Policy Object: This is the "noun" of Group Policy. The "thing" you create which allows you to make the control happen.
() Policy setting: This is one possible setting within a GPO you can perform. For instance, "Prohibit access to the Control Panel" is one Policy Setting.
() Enabled: One of the three usual settings within a policy setting. Enabled means "do this thing at this level." So if you "Enable" something, you're saying to "do it."
() Disabled: Disabled can have several meanings. But usually it means "if set at a higher level, then un-do it." For instance, if at the Domain Level you ENABLE "Prohibit Access to the control panel" then at the OU level you "Disable" it, you're effectively reversing the setting.
() Group Policy Preferences: Sometimes called Group Policy Preferences Extensions. In the book I call these GPPEs for short. I think Microsoft has settled on "GP Prefs" for short (my next edition in the book will, too.) GP Prefs are 21 new superpowers which add to the original 18 "in the box" superpowers.
() Item: Any time you create a new "thing" with GP Prefs, you create an "item." Items can be Shortcuts, drive mappings, ODBC settings and a whole lot more.
() RSoP: Resultant set of Policy. This is the "sum total" of all the settings a user or computer is supposed to get. You can run various tools to see RSoP reports, but not all reports work the way you would expect with the new GP Prefs.
() GPMC: Group Policy Management Console. There are several versions of this tool. The latest works with WS08 and Vista + SP1.
() RSAT: Remote Server Administration Toolkit. Remember "Adminpak" for WS03? RSAT is kinda like the Adminpak, but it works on Vista + SP1. It contains the newest GPMC.
() AGPM: Microsoft's Advanced Group Policy Management tool. It's an add-on to the GPMC you already know and love.
() GPanswers.com: Your secret place to get smarter in Group Policy. Pass it on. (Not everyone is on this super secret newsletter, but if you think they should be, please send them to GPanswers.com where they can just sign up.)
(PS: What vocabulary did I miss? Send me an email!)
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